Abstract

Report includes List of Fellows, Obituary, Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania, held at the Museum, Macquarie-street, on the 29th January, 1878: The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop in the chair.Includes statement of funds, books purchased and presented during 1877, list of donors to the Museum, plants and seeds received and sent, plants supplied and introduced into the Royal Society's gardens.

In 1843 the Horticultural and Botanical Society of Van Diemen's Land was founded and became the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science in 1844. In 1855 its name changed to Royal Society of Tasmania for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science. In 1911 the name was shortened to Royal Society of Tasmania.